Jakarto's
3D digital twin

The team behind Yako is the same team that built Jakarto's own capture kits — the ones running in daily production across eastern Canada.

Jakarto's SaaS platform has been built to serve the data Jakarto collected in Eastern Canada. It has since pivoted to ingest third-party data, and offering that capability is central to positioning Jakarto internationally. Over the years, we've seen how uneven data structuring is across providers — each one runs its own format, and most aren't designed for automation, which caps what's realistic at a few hundred kilometers per project.

By bringing a kit built for automation to market, we let organizations scale their operations while tapping into the full Jakarto ecosystem — its R&D, know-how, and fast, powerful processing software. Data integration with the SaaS platform is native.

We spent 10 years building and refining the kits Jakarto uses in the field, with one goal: automate high-volume data processing and lower the technical bar to operate them. We made mistakes along the way — some expensive to fix — and we learned from every one. We earned in-depth knowledge of how mobile mapping systems work. This led us to master the technical aspects of a capture kit: the wiring, onboard systems, PPS synchronization signals and so on. What we're offering you is that decade of hard-won experience.

The Yako kit is identical to the ones running in Jakarto's day-to-day operations in eastern Canada. As a reference point, a single Jakarto truck equipped with a Yako kit collects roughly 10,000 km per year.

Just one. Their main job is driving — onboard tools simplify the acquisition workflow, and built-in data-collection assistance guides the process. The operator starts the acquisition, then essentially plays "mapping Pac-Man," working through every street. Their core responsibility is driving safely.

The more days your kit is out collecting data, the better your operations perform. For optimal output, we recommend two dedicated operators per kit — that keeps the vehicle on the road every viable day, seven days a week.

All prices are listed in USD. The product is built for the international market.

Once the costs above are covered, you'll need a compatible vehicle (e.g. a pickup truck with a roof bar — we use the Ford Maverick) and at least one operator on staff.

Data quality is best in daylight and good weather — avoid rain, snow, and extreme cold (below -5°C / 23°F). The kits operate at both low speed (urban driving) and high speed (highways).

The Yako kit includes physical protection against theft and rain, so it can safely pass through wet conditions, be parked outside, or stored between runs.

Yako continuously evolves the kits to improve the system, rolling out hardware upgrades progressively. The capture kit is designed to stay competitive on a cycle of roughly 8 years.

Routine maintenance is required throughout the year to keep the kit in good working order and ensure sensor reliability.

If a sensor fails, a replacement solution is deployed quickly to get you back up and running. Note that some delays can stem from factors outside Yako's control — equipment supply chains, carrier logistics, or customs.

Most contracts run for 3 years, but the minimum commitment is 1 year. Early termination is subject to penalties.

Payments are billed monthly to keep the kits accessible.

That's true. We aim to offer a kit that's genuinely competitive with the best on the market. Our vision is to make high-volume capture simple — mandates spanning thousands of kilometers, mapping every street in a city, or an entire province's highway network. That scale is what makes it realistic to revisit and refresh data regularly, tracking how a city changes year over year, for example.

On the hardware side, the Yako kit integrates high-quality sensors from serious industry partners (Exail, Z+F, Teledyne). But the real strength of the Yako kit is automation across the entire data lifecycle, from capture to delivery — the processes are automated, and integration with the Jakarto platform is native. Getting a Yako kit means getting an end-to-end, turnkey mobile mapping solution.

And because of that, you and your clients benefit from every iterative improvement made to Jakarto's software. Getting a Yako kit means joining a complete, continuously improving ecosystem.

We're starting small — one kit at a time. The high-precision MMS market already has strong incumbents (Leica, Riegl, Trimble) building excellent hardware. What we're betting on is different: a kit engineered from the ground up for automation, so it scales through a geospatial network instead of a sales team.

Every new partner adds data coverage into Jakarto's platform — state by state, one truck's worth of LiDAR and 360° imagery at a time. That's more than maps: point clouds and 360° imagery are ground truth, the raw material of real-world digitalization — the 3D substrate digital twins run on, and increasingly what physical AI and robotics need to perceive and navigate the world the way humans do.

Push that network far enough — a kit running in every state, then every country — and the ambition comes into focus: an independent, continuously refreshed high-fidelity 3D street-level layer of the built world, at the scale of Google Street View or Apple Look Around, and useful well beyond maps. For reference, Microsoft's Bing Maps still has no street-level mode at all. That's the gap we intend to fill.